{"id":508432,"date":"2026-03-02T00:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T00:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/508432\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T00:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T00:47:13","slug":"audi-has-joined-f1-and-we-got-an-exclusive-look-at-its-stunning-new-livery-in-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/508432\/","title":{"rendered":"Audi has joined F1 and we got an exclusive look at its stunning new livery in person"},"content":{"rendered":"

After competing \u2013 and winning \u2013 in just about every form of\u00a0motorsport<\/a>, Audi has finally joined Formula 1 with a new team and an incredible livery.<\/p>\n

Formula 1 is a high-stakes, high-pressure game, so it\u2019s all uphill from here.<\/p>\n

Still, this is something that must be celebrated.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s only the beginning.<\/p>\n

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Audi knows what it\u2019s doing when it comes to Motorsport<\/p>\n

Audi<\/a>\u2018s involvement in motorsport dates back to the 1930s, when the company was still called Auto Union.<\/p>\n

After 50 years of hits and misses, Audi finally struck gold in the 1980s when it invented Quattro<\/a>, an all-wheel drive system that dominated the rally world for almost a decade.<\/p>\n

The Quattro\u2019s trajectory peaked in 1987, when Walter R\u00f6hrl won Pikes Peak with a record time.<\/p>\n

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Audi then decided to move on to Le Mans, where it also ran rings around its rivals.<\/p>\n

With cars like the R8 and, later, the R18 e-tron Quattro, Audi won 13 times in 15 years.<\/p>\n

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A new chapter for the brand<\/p>\n

Like almost all \u2018new\u2019 F1 teams, Audi kick-started its new Formula 1 chapter using existing team assets acquired from defunct F1 teams.<\/p>\n

In Audi\u2019s case, it was Sauber.<\/p>\n

Instead of building an entirely new operation, Audi bought into Sauber Motorsports, piece by piece, until it owned the whole thing.<\/p>\n

However, they still needed to do the hard work to comply with new regulations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The hybrid engine, the energy recovery system, and the battery unit \u2013 every component had to be designed from scratch for the new technical rules.<\/p>\n

The biggest feat was probably aerodynamics, because Audi spent thousands of hours gathering airflow data, all to shave off fractions of a second, which can make all the difference in a race.<\/p>\n

But the result is tangible: their new single-seater is around 55 percent more aerodynamic than an F1 car from 20 years ago.<\/p>\n

And it only weighs 768kg.<\/p>\n

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As for the powertrain, Audi \u2013 like all other manufacturers \u2013 has to rely on a synthetic fuel-powered hybrid V6, which produces 470hp in total.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s going to be tough.<\/p>\n

There are 24 races \u2013 for now \u2013 in a season, and you get 25 points per win, and each win requires a lot of hard work from a team of engineers, technicians, and \u2013 lest we forget \u2013 tacticians.<\/p>\n

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And it\u2019s all not good enough anyway unless you also have a great driver that can actually score points.<\/p>\n

On that front, Audi can count on Gabriel Bortoleto \u2013 a young and promising talent \u2013 and Nico H\u00fclkenberg, a seasoned driver with over 250 F1 races to his name.<\/p>\n

As per tradition, the\u00a02026 F1 season<\/a>\u00a0is scheduled to start in Melbourne, Australia, on March 6, 2026.<\/p>\n

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